#BDBEBE#BDBEBE

#BDBEBE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.001 H 197.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBEBE
RGB	rgb(189, 190, 190)
HSL	hsl(180, 1%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(180, 1%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.90, -0.35, -0.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.90, 0.37, 199.38°)
OKLab	oklab(80.07% -0.0011 -0.0003)
OKLCH	oklch(80.07% 0.001 197.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.6924, 51.3634, 56.0541)
Luminance	0.5136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBEBE #BEBDBD

analogous

#BDBEBE #BDBEBE #BDBEBE

triadic

#BDBEBE #BEBDBE #BEBEBD

tetradic

#BDBEBE #BEBDBE #BEBDBD #BEBEBD

square

#BDBEBE #BEBDBE #BEBDBD #BEBEBD

split-complementary

#BDBEBE #BEBDBE #BEBEBD

monochromatic

#7F8181 #9EA0A0 #BDBEBE #DCDCDC #F0F0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BDBEBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#BDBEBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBEBE

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBEBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBEBE	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBEBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBEBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDBEBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 190, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.001 197.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d1d1',
    500: '#bdbebe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbebe;
$custom-light: #d0d1d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 0.763,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80072,
    "c": 0.00112,
    "h": 197.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBEBE

secondary

#908F8F

accent

#5B5B8A

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FBFBFB

border

#D4D4D4

text

#141414

muted

#838383

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBEBE

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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